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Message started by BIGDADDYMC on 06/21/11 at 18:51:13

Title: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by BIGDADDYMC on 06/21/11 at 18:51:13

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this and possible tell me how or point me in the right direction to find the instructions on how to do this mod
Thanks

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by verslagen1 on 06/21/11 at 21:18:33

How to get the mod...
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1180206459

How to do the mod?
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1176999168

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by skeebo on 06/21/11 at 21:27:33

Ya Buddy!!......Look what I found this evening

http://a2.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/119/d7b74734c38d471ea24515cfe92b50fe/l.jpg

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by verslagen1 on 06/21/11 at 21:37:28

Good for you skeebo.

Take out that lit short fuse and put in a longer one.

All you newb's take note... most PO's are afraid of this little bit of maintenance. And will hand it to you with a short lit fuse and won't tell you. fn base terds.

Now if you got a buddy with a borescope, get em to look in the oil fill hole. put a right angle mirror on it so you can see the little gremlin w/o taking the cover off.

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by skeebo on 06/21/11 at 21:46:55

43504746595452505B04350 wrote:

Arent we the the tricky one........

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by Howitzer on 06/22/11 at 06:13:49

Hey skeebo, did you hear anything that prompted you to check? What mileage are you at? - thanks

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by Gyrobob on 06/22/11 at 07:31:19

My buddy Jud bought his 2000 LS650 with 14,000 on it, so when we were waiting the decade or so it took for the RYCA parts to arrive, we just flopped his bike on its side (the battery had been removed), pulled the cover off, and had a look. Oh my,...

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/Gyrobob_theOriginal/Motorcycle/RYCA%20CS-1%20LS650%20S40%20Savage/CamChainTensMod1.jpg

This is how it looks now: http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/Gyrobob_theOriginal/Motorcycle/RYCA%20CS-1%20LS650%20S40%20Savage/CamChainTensMod5a.jpg

Mine has 4000 miles, and is not ticking, so I'm going to leave it alone for a while.

While our worksmanship is kind of sloppy compared to the verslavy mod, it'll probably work okay for another several thousand miles or so. If it starts ticking again, we'll have another look.

To get the cover off, and replace the part is not that hard. I'll bet an average weekend mechanic could do the whole thing on a Saturday morning, once he/she had all the parts,.. gaskets, verslavy, oil filter.

My recommendation for most folks here is to use the verslavy mod. It is done the RIGHT way, and costs a LOT less than having a dealer replace the cam chain. We took a shot at doing it ourselves because we have some basic welding and machining capability. We still don't know if it works or not.

:P

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by BIGDADDYMC on 06/22/11 at 10:54:51

Thanks guys for the direction on this

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by Serowbot on 06/22/11 at 11:02:15

I had a fixer-upper 03' that was out to 21mm at 4k miles... My bike 97' was at 17mm at 25k when I Verslavied it...

I think it may have to do with low idle speeds, or short commutes...
... or both...

... or neither...
:-?...

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by jdeluca on 06/22/11 at 12:27:42

I love how verslavy can be conjugated to verslavied! I'll be looking for it in the dictionary!

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by Sunchasers on 06/27/11 at 13:30:00

Just did mine about a couple months ago... my '87 with 8k mi was at 17mm. No particular noises, just had it down for the plug cap leak, so took the opportunity to check the cam chain tensioner and replaced it with the VerSlavy.

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by babyhog on 06/27/11 at 13:33:42

Anybody ever think about older bikes maybe having had the odometer changed out? Here, after a vehicle is so old, actual mileage is not required on the title. Therefore, when we swapped tanks on my son's '87, we ended up with one that has alot less miles. Just something to consider.... if you weren't your bike's original owner.

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by Sunchasers on 06/27/11 at 13:46:18

Babyhog - that is always a good possibility. In my case, I am positive the mileage is correct. :)

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by trevorw on 10/21/15 at 11:31:33

Would anyone be able to tell me the specs for this mod? How long do you make the extension part? I have been googling on how to make this but can not seem to find anything!
Thanks!

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by norm92de on 10/21/15 at 11:48:30

Question. What about heat treating, is the extension soft in the first place?

It seems you may compromise the case hardening is any.

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by norm92de on 10/21/15 at 12:23:16

Trevorw

It looks like approx. 20mm to me, maybe a little less.
Anyway measure the extension when you take it apart. As long as you don't bottom out the plunger it should work. The important thing is to ensure that the plunger catches the first notch hen you reassemble.

Title: Re: How do you do the verslavy mod?
Post by trevorw on 10/21/15 at 16:08:35

0D0C110E5A510706630 wrote:

Cool, Thank you!